Hechi

See also: hēchì, hèchì, and Héchí

English

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation for 河池 (Héchí).

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Hechi

  1. A prefecture-level city in Guangxi, China
    • [1946, Powell, Lyle Stephenson, “The Border Fences”, in A Surgeon In Wartime China, Lawrence, Kansas: University of Kansas Press, OCLC 2181847, page 172:
      Shortly after arriving at Kweiyang our intelligence agents informed us that the Japs were actually receding from their recently acquired positions in the corridor and would probably occupy a holding position near the town of Hochih.]

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